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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4651195 | Monochrome-compatible color slow scan television system A method and system for translating between three complementary color component slow scan video signals and a composite color slow scan video signal containing a luminance information signal within a visible line interval of each slow scan video signal li... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4578168 | Apparatus for fusing live cells with electric fields A single wire electrode is supported at one end by a cylinder cap which has pins for guiding the electrode into an upwardly opening fusion chamber defined by a heavy metal cylinder. In a second embodiment, multiple secondary wire electrodes are spaced cir... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4573576 | Percutaneous gastrostomy kit A percutaneous gastrostomy kit includes a mushroom catheter having a closed proximal end with a transverse bore through said end and an enlarged washer on the distal end adjacent the mushroom head, a length of approximately five feet of number 2 suture th... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4573091 | Cartridge tape drive A drive for a tape cartridge having an access door along one side edge thereof. The drive includes a housing having a front panel and an elongate tray dimensioned to have the cartridge inserted endwise thereon. The tray is supported within the housing for... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572528 | Grass ski A grass ski for enabling skiing on a grass covered sloped surface without the presence of snow includes a flexible runner defined by an endless guide track on which is mounted boot supports and bindings for attachment to ski boots and on which is movably ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4568514 | Fission chamber detector system for monitoring neutron flux in a nuclear reactor over an extra wide range, with high sensitivity in a hostile environment A fission chamber detector system for monitoring neutron flux density in a nuclear reactor includes a preamplifier and signal conditioning unit for amplifying and conditioning neutron signal pulses produced by fission chamber detectors located adjacent th... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4568024 | Oscillating sprinkler A gear driven oscillating sprinkler head includes a shifting gear train for transmitting drive from a drive motor to the oscillating sprinkler head with a shifting mechanism for shifting alternate driving pinions into driving engagement with an internal r... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566376 | System for producing crisp fruit chips A method and apparatus for delivering prepared wet fruit and vegetable particles into centripetal confinement under subatmospheric pressure, contacting the particles with heated edible oil until they have been puffed and dehydrated to a hygroscopic condit... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4565728 | System and method for application of internal heating to thermally responsive structures A thermally responsive substrate includes an electric circuit extending throughout the substrate and providing multiple terminal pads through the substrate for the application of electrical current for heating the thermally responsive substrate. A tool fo... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4564823 | Fractional-cycle time/amplitude modulation A modulation system wherein a carrier signal is modulated by an input signal having a variable amplitude, either analog or digital. The amplitude of the input signal is sampled every predetermined fractional cycle of the modulated signal; and the carrier ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563702 | Video signal scrambling and descrambling systems Systems for scrambling and descrambling video information lines. The scrambling system includes a memory; a storage system for sequentially storing groups of four video information lines in the memory; and a retrieval means for forming groups of four scra... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4561961 | Cooled microscope slide and electrode apparatus for use in live cell fusion system A glass slide has parallel tubular electrodes for performing electro cell fusion. Fluid may be pumped through the electrodes to dissipate heat to enhance the yield of viable hybrids. An alternate embodiment sandwiches a gasket and parallel tubular electro... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557502 | Roll bar retracting mechanism for convertibles A roll bar for convertible-type vehicles includes a generally U-shaped inverted roll bar structure pivotally mounted to an automobile chassis for extending across and above the passenger compartment when in the up position and pivotally mounted to pivot t... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4549589 | Camera case A case for holding an interchangeable lens camera comprises at least three parts which can be interconnected in various ways to provide different camera and lens holding arrangements. A first part of the case is arranged to fit over the main body of a cam... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4549053 | Microwave drying device and method Method and device in which a suspension in air or other gas of liquid droplets or fine particles containing an electromagnetic energy absorbent component is subjected to microwave radiation to apply energy to the droplets or particles as they fall to a co... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548387 | Mobile hoist A mobile hoist for lifting vehicles and the like includes a base support frame having a vertical tower at one end thereof and an elongated generally Z-shaped boom pivotally supported on and extending outward from the tower includes a support platform on t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547966 | Sprinkler head trimmer and cleaner A generally cup shaped cutting head for fitting over and around the sprinker head includes a generally circular cutting edge for cutting around a sprinkler head, and a cleaning brush mounted concentrically within the cutting head and recessed from the cut... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547034 | Device for connecting insulated wires to twin-terminal contact elements Terminal elements for interconnecting insulated wires. Twin-contact terminal elements are formed of leaf-shaped sides of resilient contact material, each side having a slot for solderless, screwless and stripless clamping contact with an individual wire. ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546763 | Continuous passive motion method and apparatus A continuous passive motion apparatus for improving the healing of patients from operation of the limbs includes a base support plate with a thigh support member pivotally connected to the base and a lower leg support member pivotally connected to the out... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4541338 | Sheet numbering machine A machine for imprinting numbers on sheets of paper, particularly in a consecutive order, includes a base in the form of a box-like housing in which is located a levelling mechanism for levelling a platen against which sheets of paper are supported for im... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4541019 | Recording system for recording data on tape in a disk-recording format A tape recording system for connection to a controller of a floppy disk data recording system for recording data in a stream on a recording tape in the same format that data is recorded on a disk by the disk data recording system. A control processor resp... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4538435 | Steering column lock for heavy-duty vehicles A steering column lock for heavy-duty vehicle steering columns includes a one-piece substantially T-shaped member having a main stem portion and a cross bar portion. The wheels of the vehicle are turned and the stem portion is inserted through the opening... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4536125 | Wind lift generator A wind lift generator includes a housing structure formed by a pair of spaced apart plates mounted on support structure for pivotal rotation about a vertical axis at the forward end thereof for orienting into the wind, and said plates supporting a plurali... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4534629 | Motion picture camera automatic focusing system A focusing system for a variable focus lens of a motion picture camera includes a pulse modulator and a microwave transmitter mounted on a camera frame for generating a high frequency pulsed signal which is transmitted to a selected target which carries a... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534258 | Transducing assembly responsive to string movement in intersecting planes A transducing assembly for a musical instrument responsive to string movement in intersecting, preferably perpendicular, planes for producing two electrical signals that can be processed and/or combined and then reproduced by a plurality of loudspeakers t... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4533196 | Device for making a solderless, non-screwed and unstripped single or multiple contact at a terminal element A device comprising a plurality of terminal elements (1) for making a solderless, non-screwed and unstripped connection of one or several wires to each terminal element (1). The terminal elements (1) are constructed either as double-contacts (1a) or as mu... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4532152 | Fabrication of a printed circuit board with metal-filled channels A plastic substrate is injection molded to provide a pattern of channels in at least one of its sides to define a predetermined set of conductive paths. Both the surfaces of the channels and the non-channel surfaces therebetween are metalling through one ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4531887 | Continuous blade multi-stage pump A multi-stage axial flow pump includes multiple axial positioned impellers formed of multiple nestled smooth continuous surface blades having a generally truncated spheroid configuration defining a plurality of axially elongated annular channels between t... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4531033 | Keyboard for initiating switching operations or switching signals associated with respective symbols on the surfaces of the keys A keyboard for initiating switching functions or switching signals. Synchronizing pins coupled to four key members at the mutually adjacent crossing between them cause actuation of contact sets upon depression of the keyboard surface above each synchroniz... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4529354 | Total flow turbine A total flow turbine includes a housing defining a rotor chamber with a rotor rotatably mounted within the chamber and includes a plurality of passages opening at an outer radial face of the rotor and spiraling in a converging fashion inward to a central ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4523356 | Ball clutch mechanism with two sets of balls in separate radial planes A ball clutch mechanism for restraining a pin from longitudinal movement, including an anvil, a radially symmetrical cup, a spring and two two-ball sets of uniformly dimensioned balls. The anvil has an axial bore for axially receiving the pin. The cup has... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4522864 | Decals and process for making same The decal of the present invention is a combination of a multi-color offset printed design on an extremely thin, flexible, extensible film of water resistant material covering a water soluble slip layer carried by porous decal paper and a uniform deposit ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4520362 | Polarization ratiometry object detection system and method A method and system for detecting objects having preferential polarization plane reflection characteristics. The method includes the steps of: (a) transmitting from a first given location, a first plane-polarized electromagnetic wave that is oriented in a... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4516786 | Core chuck An expanding mandrel chuck for internally gripping a tubular core. The chuck has a cylindrical sleeve which can be slid over the shaft of a web handling apparatus, core cutter, or other apparatus. A plurality of hexagonal shaped cams surround the intermed... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516406 | Cooling system for motor vehicles A cooling system for use with an engine driven vehicle having an air conditioning system to cool the air conditioning condenser and vehicle engine. The cooling system is connected to the evaporator plenum chamber of the air conditioning system and a blowe... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4516151 | Color slow scan video signal translation A method and system for translating between three complementary color component slow scan video signals and a composite color slow scan video signal containing a frequency modulated (FM) luminance information signal within a first frequency range of the s... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4514139 | Method and apparatus for pumping fragile articles A pump for pumping fragile articles including fish and glasses without damage includes a rotary pump having a plain disc impeller disposed in a substantially cylindrical chamber of a housing with an inlet into, or coaxial of, the impeller into the housing... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512690 | Flying figure toy glider A toy glider includes a body portion of a low density lightweight construction such as foam having the appearance of a super hero with an opaque cape wing structure and a transparent extended portions of the wing structure attached to the back of the outs... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4508794 | Security battery holder A battery holder for securing a battery in an automobile or the like includes a generally flat rectangular pan having upwardly extending side edges defining a laterally confining channel with a fixed end wall member, a releasable strap connected to the fi... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508261 | Hot water control and management system A hot water control system for providing necessary hot water to a structure at optimum energy saving conditions includes a programmable control system for selectively programming preselected quantities of hot water at preselected time periods over a given... | 04/02/1985 |
